| 单词 |
pretorial |
| 释义 |
prætorial, pretorial, a. (n.)|priːˈtɔərɪəl|
[f. L. prætōrius belonging to a prætor + -al1.]
Of or pertaining to a Roman prætor; prætorian.
1579–80North Plutarch 917 [Vatinius] came verie arrogantly one day vnto Cicero being in his Prætoriall seate, and asked him a thing which Cicero woulde not graunt him there. 1757Burke Abridgm. Eng. Hist. i. iii. 37 Those occasional declarations of law called the prætorial edicts. 1850Merivale Rom. Emp. (1865) I. iv. 141 Caesar..continued to administer his praetorial functions.
†b. transf. Judicial; = prætorian a. 1 b. Obs.
a1688W. Clagett 17 Serm. (1699) 10 Confession to a priest, with attrition, being reckoned sufficient to receive a pretorial absolution, which shall be valid in heaven.
†c. Pretorial court, in the colony of Maryland, a court for the trial of capital crimes, consisting of the lord proprietor or his lieutenant-general, and the council. Also called Pretorial. Obs.
1638–9Laws Maryland in Arch. Md. (1883) I. 50 An Act For the erecting of a Pretoriall. Ibid. 51 This Court..Shall be a Court of Record and Shall be called the pretoriall or the pretoriall Court, and the said Pretoriall shall or may..exercise..Jurisdictions within this Province. |
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